China Donated $250,000 for Regent Street/Peterson Street Bridge

On August 27, 2003, the Chairman of the management committee of the Freetown City Council, H.N. Fergusson, mentioned in a letter to the editor of the Standard Times that a sum of $250,000 was a donation from the Chinese Government towards the proposed construction of the Regent Street/Peterson Street Bridge, with an estimated total project cost of $700,000. Phase one of the project was bridge construction, costing $350,000. Phase two of the project was construction of retaining walls and pavement, and widening of approach roads, costing $350,000. The Government of Sierra Leone and City Council were to make necessary arrangements for the outstanding amount of $100,000 to meet the cost of phase one, and phase two was to be undertaken by Sierra Leone Roads Authority and the Sierra Leone Armed Forces. Mr. Ferguson noted that the counterpart fund had never been raised. The commitment year of the project is uncertain. The status of the project is uncertain.

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